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Hi. I’d appreciate some opinions on this Basilosaurus tooth? It’s a beautiful specimen but something feels off. I know it’s repaired. This is currently for sale in Edmonton Alberta. Annual show. I’ve obscured the prices as per forum rules? @Troodon@Boesse@Tidgy's Dad@Andy

Hi everyone, Im looking at a bunch of stuff that someone got from the big fossil expo this month, but I want to be sure of what is what before I do anything. There's a few things way beyond what I could potentially get, but I'm just curious about in general. These are all Moroccan, and most, if not all, are Kem Kem.
are these first 4 pics spinosaur? With the teeth I know the 2 on the top&left are probably carchar teeth, but I'm wondering about the other 2.
In the 2nd picture, I'm guessing the right one is a spinosaur vert, right? What about the other one?
I'm sure it would probably be very hard to tell with just a single rib, but could the rib be spinosaurus? It seems to match some museum spino skeleton ribs, but that's the best I can figure out:/

Basilosaurus isis molar(one side serrated, the other side smooth)still embedded in a small piece of jaw bone.
sadly I don't have any information about the fossil other than it is B.isis, and was found in Egypt.

I purchased a unsightly Franken-Basilosaurus tooth a few weeks ago for pretty cheap. Seeing as though i don't have $400-700+ to spend on a nice basilosaurus tooth i saw potential and a fun project in this cheap ugly duckling. Yes, it's Moroccan.
It came with the typical glue/sand mix covering it, filling all cracks, voids and roughing out transitions of deceptive franken composites.
How it came:
Ok, first things first. Clean it. I used acetone, a razor, a needle, a tooth brush and my engraver.
Hours of delicate work later i finally see what i'm working with.
After cleaning:
Yeesh, this might be more work than i thought......
And someone composited a incisor or canine tooth tip on the top of my premolar!! Bwahahaha!!
Ok, composites need to go. Bye, bye
Next i noticed this was not lined up correctly when it was glued back together. So i grab my trusty dremel tool and proceed to carefully saw this baby in half. Then i removed most of the epoxy/sand glue from each side.
Continued.........

Hello. I'm currently working on a basilosaurus sketch as a project. The sketch is based off of Basilosaurus cetoides. I wanted to add a few fish to liven up the whole drawing, but I'm not familiar with late Eocene fish from the U.S. east coast. Would anyone be able to help me out?

American basilosaurus fossils were so common they started making furniture out of their bones. So why do they not show up anywhere???? It's only the African ones around. Anyone know anything about that furniture? And what happened to all the American basils???
*weird little factoid I think is cool. They're not 100% sure basilosaurus had a tail fluke/fin at all. I think its safe to say they definitely did, but there's never been any actual proof. No signs of a fluke have ever been found. again, I don't believe for a moment that they didn't have a tail fluke, I just think it's interesting to imagine them without. there aren't many animals that would look as natural with just a long tapering tail as basil.

I've found a couple of listings of archaeocete teeth frags from Harleyville, South Carolina on a fossil seller. I know that Basilosaurus cetoides, Zygorhiza kochii, and Dorudon serratus all exist in this area, with a couple of examples of all three having been found there (now in Charleston Museum collection). However, is there a way to differentiate between them when it comes to teeth, specifically incisors? Some images of the listings are below.
First tooth measures 2.6 inches. Second tooth measures 2.2 inches, but is a frag so I imagine that it may be much bigger if restored. Third tooth measures 3.75 inches.

I saw this tooth on an auction site for relatively cheap.
Do you know what it is from? The tooth is from Dakhla, near Morocco.
I was thinking Basilosaurus.Any thoughts? Worth considering?
What do you think?

Hi my son found this in some limestone near St Stevens Alabama we were wondering if someone could possibly help with the ID I know that it isn't complete but that is all that we could find of it thank you for any help

So my archaeocete tooth arrived early. Now that I actually got my hands on it, I want to see exactly what species it is. The seller simply said that it was a basilosaurus tooth, which was said to be found simply in Morocco (I unfortunately cannot recheck exactly where since the item's info closed once I bought it, but I know for sure it's somewhere in Morocco.
Front
Back
Scale
The tooth is pretty small, about 2 1/4 inches, and is probably a front premolar (according to my understandings based on some basilosaurid jaws). I've heard somewhere in these forums that usually if there is a chance for a tooth to be Basilosaurus isis if it was 10+cm and found in Morocco, but he might be applying this only to incisors and canines, and this is a premolar/molar. Juvenile isis? Zygorhiza? Dorudon?

Hi all. I am currently looking for a genuine Basilosaurus tooth. Problem is, the market is too heavily saturated with other Archaeocetes like Dorudon or Zygorhiza.
As far as I understand, if a tooth comes from Western Sahara of Morocco, and is over 10cm in length including root, there's a chance it could be cf. Basilosaurus isis. Here I have several candidates.
Tooth A - 6 inches in length
Tooth B - 5.5 inches in length
Tooth C and D - 6 inches along the curve
Is there any way I can positively ID out a Basilosaurus tooth? Do any of these 4 teeth look like one?

I found this tooth 1 year ago in the Copenhagen Community of Louisiana (Northeast Louisiana). My family settled in that area around 150 years ago... There is now a Copenhagen Hills Preserve area with many archeological digs there from the local universities. Kind of funny because the settlers there were using rib bones, etc as door stops... My brothers and I wonder the hills when I'm there to visit with many small bones, large pieces of quartz, and an occasional rib bone, ray teeth, seashells, and now this tooth being found. Most of the time we find these things just laying around on the ground or in a creek bed. It is noted that this is probably an Eocene time period....it is known that bones of Basilosaurus have been located in the hills..along with bones of rays. This site will give you a little inkling of what Copenhagen is like. The p
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/louisiana/placesweprotect/copenhagen-hills-preserve.xml
Any help in identifying would be appreciated. Measures 3 1/2 " in length, 3" in width, 1 1/2" in depth.
Thanks again!

Anyone here know what a restoration job on this guy would likely cost?
If I get the chipped enamel restored and the two roots restored to its full length, so it looks something like this:
Although, personally, I think restoring the enamel only on the good side will be fine, since the backside I will probably not display it so it matters little.
How much would it likely cost me to have such a job done? And anyone you would recommend, if I were to go for it? A ball park estimate would be ok, I am interested in the idea but haven't decided to go for it yet or not. Would probably be able to make decision if I know the full extent of its difficulty, complexity, risks and cost, I guess. Since it would mean I would likely have to ship it to the restorer abroad and its way back trip as well.
Anyhow, thx for any info and recommendation you can give me